Features

Mariposa Feature: All-Road Loaded Touring Bicycle

October 25, 2017

In 2016, we built a loaded touring bicycle for 6-Time Olympic medallist Clara Hughes, aka Redfeather, her trail name. Clara and her husband Peter are adventurers, by bike, foot, skis...

July 23, 2017: Rapha Women's 100 Mountain Goat Ride With Dede Barry

July 14, 2017

This is an adventurous climber's ride. We will depart Rapha Boulder and head north to James Canyon and Jamestown- stop for water/snacks, and continue up SuperJames to Peak-to-Peak Highway. From...

July 22, 2017: Rapha Boulder Ride with Michael Barry

July 14, 2017

Join us for a ride with former Team Sky professional cyclist and Mariposa builder, Michael Barry on Saturday, July 22 from Rapha Boulder – meeting for coffee to watch the...

J.B. (Jock) Wadley & The Origins Of Randonneurs Ontario

February 6, 2017

By Mike Barry Recently, I attended the Randonneurs Ontario annual banquet and prize presentation. It was a great evening where we were able to get together with some old friends....

Feature Interview: Oliver Bertin

December 14, 2016

Oliver Bertin has been a friend and Mariposa customer for more than 30 years. He’s also an award-winning journalist and editor, who covered the Tour de France in the 1980s....

Mariposa "Redfeather" All-Road Touring Bicycle

September 28, 2016

This bicycle was custom built at the Mariposa workshop the summer of 2016 for Clara Hughes to be ridden on all-road heavily loaded bicycle tours. All carriers and bottle cages...

Pyrenees Tour

September 19, 2016

By Michael Barry Photography by Michael Barry, Jaume Cabruja, Jordi Cantal and Albert Pages Having ridden all over the world, the Pyrenean mountains remain one of my favourite spots to...

La Ruta Mar i Muntanya

September 12, 2016

By Michael Barry Photography by Michael Barry, Jaume Cabruja, Jordi Cantal and Albert Pages Girona has become a European base for many pro cyclists—a recent count figured they were roughly...

Weekend Dispatch August 31, 2016

August 30, 2016

Bobcaygeon Tandem Tour By Dede Barry A family adventure. Over the last two years we've done a few rides as a family on the tandems. Those rides were a success...

Weekend Dispatch August 23, 2016

August 23, 2016

Peter Morse on his way to winning the Ontario Provincial Criterium Championships in Markham, Ontario. Photograph by Ian Austen The peloton. Photograph by Ian Austen At the start. Photograph by...

Weekend Dispatch: Kawartha Scramble

July 19, 2016

By Michael Barry Rides that take you to places you haven't seen before, or push you to extremes, more often than not, turn into the best, and most memorable adventures....

THE WEEKEND DISPATCH: The Bruce Peninsula Trip

July 14, 2016

Big Bay Pebble Beach Dickson Bou, of N Plus One Cycle Shop in London, Ontario, and artist, Heather Carey on a Bruce Peninsula trip - a four day loop starting...